Earwax Archive Sheds New Light on the Lives of Blue Whales
Like many other baleen whales, blue whales accumulate layers of wax, lipids and keratin protein in their ear canals, which build up over time to form long earplugs.
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Protected Areas Under Threat
An alarming new study has reported that one third of all the world's protected areas are now under intense pressure from human activity.
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New Technology Assists the Protection of Primates
New facial recognition software and an app using state-of-the-art technology can help in the fight to protect endangered primates, more than 60% of which face extinction.
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Howler Monkey Die-Offs
Examination of some of the dead monkeys have shown that they had full stomachs and only mild dehydration, which rules out a lack of food or water as the primary cause of death.
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Martens & Capercaillie: A Clash of Conservation Interests?
This debate poses a lot of questions and I certainly do not have the answers, though a scan of the available literature gives considerable food for thought.
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Link Between Amphibian Disease and Climate Change
New research has been published that shows that climate change will make the impact of the chytrid fungus disease worse. Already at high altitudes, frogs and toads are being infected at increasingly high rates.
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